Winston-Salem State University
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
DNA, fingerprinting, crime scene analysis and reconstruction. It is not CSI or NCIS, familiar television shows that use these tools to unveil the nature of crimes. It is an introductory forensic science class. Twenty one students are learning how to do the work of the professionals. The class is cross-listed […]
In lieu of President Obama’s State of the Union address, I feel as though there are certain issues that we as Americans should be focusing on now more than ever. It seems as though politicians have lost sight of why they were elected in the first place: to speak for […]
Bringing in the new year means bringing in new talent. Coach Connell Maynor and the nine coaches on his staff are looking to add to the abundance of talent the Rams have. That brings the Rams to Signing Day. National Signing Day was Feb. 2 for schools across the country. […]
The Rams struggled to take advantage of opportunities from the free throw line in an 81-73 home loss to the Livingstone College Blue Bears Feb. 5. The Rams struggled to hold on to the ball turning it over 20 times and only having five assists for the game. “When […]
As a child, Charmaine Shuford decided failure was not an option for her. She grew up in Washington, D.C., where the urban life of many minorities often serve as a measure of how much they will achieve academically, and in life. Being a young, black girl in one of America’s […]
A new member, Denise Pearson, was added to Winston- Salem State’s administrative team as assistant provost Jan. 4. Pearson was hired in the midst of state-wide budget cuts. Pearson said she has wanted to serve at a HBCU since she was a graduate student. “WSSU was on the top of […]
More than one million online-voters chose two Winston-Salem State students in the 2011 Honda Battle of the Bands HBCU filmmakers’ contest Jan. 23. Mass communications majors, Leslie Miles, a junior from Mount Olive, N.C., and Antonio DeGraffenreaidt, a senior from Henderson, N.C., submitted a two-minute documentary video highlighting the WSSU’s […]
The wisdom and knowledge of older folks combined with the passion and the energy and the drive of those who are younger equals a powerful force for change, explained Roland Martin, keynote speaker for Winston-Salem State’s MLK Day program. A capacity crowd of students, faculty, and members of the community […]
In the past four years, Winston-Salem State has totaled $21 million in cuts and revisions. The University must cut another $1.7 million by June and reduce between $7.3 million and $10.9 million. Chancellor Donald J. Reaves called a budget meeting Jan. 14 to come up with a solution to the […]
Two months following the first progress report of SGA and two weeks into the spring semester, SGA has made progress. “We are taking a different approach this semester finalizing and planning for the future, trying to identify priorities and determining what it is that needs to be spear headed,” said […]